By YAKUBU SUNDAY, Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says plans are underway to reinstate and assemble a formidable Super Sand Eagles team that can compete globally. NFF Secretary-General, Mohammed Sanusi, said this on Tuesday at the official commissioning of the African Beach Soccer Union (ABSU) office situated...
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Aggrieved youths on Tuesday razed a building belonging to a pastor attached to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Adebun Area of Ado-Ekiti over a missing seven-year-old girl. NAN gathered that the lifeless body of the girl, identified as Demilade, was allegedly found in the pastor’s house....
Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman, Board of Directors, Afreximbank, has said that his ill-health in 2013 and the medical attention he received triggered his support for the construction of African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE). Oramah said this on Tuesday, in Abuja at the groundbreaking of a 500-bedding...
The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday repatriated another 180 stranded Nigerians in Libya. Mr Kabiru Musa, Charge d’ Affairs of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum on Tuesday launched Borno State’s Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, with the disbursement of N418m to 79 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the state. The launch was held at the Multipurpose Hall of the Government House in Maiduguri, with the participation of...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Niger State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted Sen. Zaynab Kure, wife of late Gov. Abdulkadir Kure, as it leader. The state PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Suleiman Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Minna. Aliyu said that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company AEDC over Monday’s strike by the staff. A statement from the office of the Minister of State Power , Mr Goddy Jeddy-Agba, in Abuja on Tuesday said the sack was conveyed by...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – “The world should not have to choose between energy poverty and climate change as this can be addressed with both natural gas and Liquified Petroleum Gas as transition fuels alongside other renewable sources.” This was the kernel of the lead keynote address delivered by...
Several pupils have reportedly been killed by a hit-and-run truck driver along Ogunnusi Road, Grammar School bus stop, Lagos State. According to reports, the pupils were going home after closing from school and wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. The driver was said to...
By IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – North-Central youths under the aegis of Yahaya Bello Network (YBN) have endorsed Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi for the 2023 presidency, saying that only through him would the Nigerian dreams of unity, safety and economic advancement be achieved. The youths in their thousands who...
A German court on Tuesday, sentenced a 67-year-old man to eight and a half years in prison for voluntarily castrating a number of men who paid him for carrying out the procedure. A Munich court found the man guilty of causing serious bodily harm after he had admitted carrying...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Government has partnered with Bank of Industry (BOI) to access about N700 million for supporting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across the state. The state’s Commissioner for Commerce and Investment, Dr Jibrin Mustapha, stated this during the budget screening before the...
Coordinated aerial strikes from the Nigerian military have eliminated a notorious ISWAP commander, Abou Sufyan, and scores of his fighters along the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno state. PRNigeria gathered that the strikes from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) component of the Operation Hadin Kai launched a series...
The National Industrial Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Army Council to immediately reinstate Brigadier-General Abubakar Hanafi Saad who was compulsorily retired in 2016. The military officer was among the 38 Army Officers that were compulsorily retired on 9 June 2016 without any cogent reason. The court ordered...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- Following credible intelligence, fighter jets from the Nigerian Airforce ( NAF) have bombed key enclaves of kidnapping and banditry in Rijana, Kaduna State. It was gathered that the airstrikes also destroyed an armoury and a building occupied by a kidnapping kingpin, Ali Kwaja, and eliminated...
The Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC), Auwal Rafsanjani, has said The Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) remain critical constituents of Nigeria economy. Rafsanjani made this known at a stakeholders’ sensitisation and consultation on the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement in Lagos....
The Senate has condemned in strong terms the U.K Government’s inclusion of Nigeria in its COVID-19 red list. In a motion, Senator Ike Ekweremadu at plenary on Tuesday, said the decision by the British Government to include Nigeria in the list, with its concomitant implications, will affect many citizens...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced an investigation into the utilisation of the N950 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) Intervention Fund by the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Mrs Azuka Ogugua, Spokesperson of ICPC, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday said that all...
… Says partnership with private sector will improve health in Nigeria By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said stronger partnership with the private sector will help in improving health facilities and access in the country, adding that a nation needs a healthy population to...
South Africa’s economy shrank for the first time in a year in the third quarter as the country was hit by riots and tighter Covid restrictions, official statistics showed Tuesday. After four consecutive quarters of growth, the economy contracted by 1.5 percent between July and September compared to the...